The intent is to provide services and support to individuals with various disabilities in order to maintain their current competitive integrated employment.
Competitive, integrated employment within the community which pays the customer at least minimum wage or a wage commensurate to the prevailing wage and applicable fringe benefits is considered competitive employment. The goal for each customer is to reach job stability of at least 90 days of competitive employment.
Within this contract, support services are provided to the customer to maintain their job. The Provider also acts as the liaison to the employer in order to achieve a successful employment outcome.
Staffing will occur every eight weeks from the time of referral and will continue throughout the life of the case.
The payment structure is based on the following 3 Milestones: Rates as of 7/1/2024
Total value of all Milestones is $3,712. Rates per Milestone are listed below with the descriptions.
15-day Milestone-$742: Paid after 15 days, with competitive, integrated stable employment. Verification of employment will be submitted with all Milestone billing. This will include wage records, or paycheck information. Employment/placement information, customer progress and stability information must be submitted to bill.
45-day Milestone-$1,114: Paid after 45 days, with competitive, integrated stable employment. Verification of employment will be submitted with all Milestone billing. This will include wage records, or paycheck information. Customer progress and stability information must be submitted to bill.
90-day Milestone-$1,856: Paid after 90 days, with competitive, integrated stable employment. Verification of employment will be submitted with all Milestone billing. This will include wage records, or paycheck information. Customer progress and stability information must be submitted to bill. Further documentation of employment may be sought by the local DRS office at this time.
